Noun
the termination of someone''s employment (leaving them free to depart)

Noun
the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"

Noun
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

Noun
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily

Noun
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer''s purchases

Noun
a woman''s full loose hiplength jacket

Noun
any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

Noun
the quantity contained in a sack

Noun
an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"

Verb
put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"

Verb
make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

Verb
plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"

Verb
terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

n.
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

n.
A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

n.
A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.

n.
Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.

n.
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

n.
See 2d Sac, 2.

n.
Bed.

v. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

n.
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

v. t.
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

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Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson.

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The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, -- by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age.

Sack

The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.

A anme formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

the pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.